WATCH NOW! Zooming in on the Tony Nominees: Patrick Page

The Tony Awards are like Christmas in June for theatre lovers, and that makes this year's nominees the reason for the season. This year's Tony nominees transported us with the magic of theatre, and we're saluting their work by taking a closer look at their extraordinary accomplishments. Today we're studying up on Patrick Page!

Quick Facts About Patrick

His Nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

The Show: Hadestown

The Role: Hades

Up Against: André De Shields (Hadestown), Andy Grotelueschen (Tootsie), Jeremy Pope (Ain't Too Proud), Ephraim Sykes (Ain't Too Proud)

Did You Know?: Patrick has played quite a few Broadway villains, including Scar (The Lion King), the Green Goblin (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), and the Grinch (Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!)

Patrick on Hadestown: "I enjoy working with Rachel Chavkin, Anaïs Mitchell, Amber Gray... these people I get to work with, so closely over this long period of time. I've worked with them on this for over three years now and so to be able to have that relationship over this period of time is really meaningful."

watch as Patrick tells us all about what this nomination means to him, how he's preparing for the Tonys, and so much more!